There are a few more advanced rotational changes that can be made if you feel as though you want to maximize damage, however in general these should not be used until you are 100% comfortable with the rest of the rotation. They are minimal reward for higher risk.
- Shimmerlancing

All Information on essences needs further testing for confirmation, particularly with regards to m+.

For raid Condensed Life Force at rank three will be the best major, with Worldvein Resonance as the best minor(If others run it too).
If your team is not running Worldvein, or the fight does not allow high uptime for it, then I would recommend either Conflict and Strife or Essence of the Focusing Iris as the minor. As these are typically the highest simming.

For m+ Focusing Iris is very useful for AoE, though orb build tends to handle AoE fairly well without it. Vision of Perfection can be fairly useful if you are running FG as whenever the major procs you gain an FoF and and int buff. The minor also gives you more use out of IV throughout the dungeon. Conflict and Strife is again a strong minor.

More experimentation needs to be done with essences and I will update this guide with any others that are found to be useful. If you have any questions about a specific essence not listed here ask in the Altered Time discord #questions channel

FAQ

Why do we cast blizzard on single target when it does so little damage?
Blizzard damage is not the important part. every tick of blizzard reduces your frozen orb CD by .5 seconds. the full 9 ticks on single target brings you 4.5 seconds closer to your next orb

How do we use procs differently to standard frost mage?
As we are not running Glacial Spike we don't have to worry about saving Brain Freeze procs to cast with it. We also prioritize the use of an FoF over a Brain Freeze, where standard GS would munch the FoF

If I don't have a Rune charge, do I wait to cast Orb until I do?
No, you should cast orb as soon as you can, and just use the next rune charge you gain on your next orb.

Is it possible to use Incanters Flow with this build?
Incanters flow will only be an increase in this build for long sustained AoE where you have far greater orb uptime compared to rune uptime.

Where can I see some gameplay of this build?
I stream my raids at https://www.twitch.tv/firedovah. The Vods are always available, and there is a panel in my UI that shows the last five casts to make it easier to see what I was doing when.

What do I do when tanks move things out of my orb?
Cry

Credits

Thank you to everyone who helped me with developing this build and the guide as well. Special thank you to Dorovon for all the random sim tests he ran to help me figure out the best way to optimize things. Herusx, Azevara, Pandey, Frosty, Norrinir, Razzik and Zolas for helping proof read my drafts. And thank you to everyone who has tried out this build. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have

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